WISH LIST $100: costumes 1 actor; $500: pays and provides health insurance for an actor for 1 week; $1,000: buys a set; $15,000: covers the cost of 3 weeks of production--and helps make ticket prices the lowest in town!

At the Washington Stage Guild, committed actors, artisans, and administrators are looking to create a stir of their own. The Stage Guild produces works that other area companies often overlook: lesser known works of famous playwrights, neglected classics, foreign plays unfamiliar in this country, and new plays of merit. The Guild presents the works of Pirandello, Wilde, TS Eliot, George Bernard Shaw– plays of language and ideas, or what the Washington Post calls "the sort of literate, witty, cynical plays that nobody else bothers with." Casting is color-blind, gender-blind, and indifferent to physical disability or appearance. Ticket prices are among the least expensive in town, allowing accessibility to the broadest spectrum of patrons. Free tickets are available to student theatergoers, and previews are “pay what you can”– so no one need miss out. The Stage Guild also presents an ongoing series of free performances at the National Portrait Gallery, and operates an Educational Outreach Program that brings free theater to area schools. In 2008, WSG will debut a new theater that will make its work accessible to more people than ever before. Winner of numerous Helen Hayes Nominations and Awards, WSG will continue to offer "rare plays ... well done" - a winning combination!

Ms. Ann Norton, Executive Director 4018 Argyle Terrace NW Washington, DC 20011 240-582-0050 www.stageguild.org